It is known that all current cancer therapies can only benefit a limited proportion of patients; thus, molecular classification and prognosis evaluation are critical for correctly classifying breast cancer patients and selecting the best treatment strategy. These processes usually involve the disclosure of molecular information like mutation, expression, and immune microenvironment of a breast cancer patient, which are not been fully studied until now. Therefore, there is an urgent clinical need to identify potential markers to enhance molecular classification, precision prognosis, and therapy stratification for breast cancer patients. In this study, we explored the gene expression profiles of 1,721 breast cancer patients through CIBERSORT and ESTIMATE algorithms; then, we obtained a comprehensive intratumoral immune landscape. The immune cell infiltration (ICI) patterns of breast cancer were classified into 3 separate subtypes according to the infiltration levels of 22 immune cells. The differentially expressed genes between these subtypes were further identified, and ICI scores were calculated to assess the immune landscape of BRCA patients. Importantly, we demonstrated that ICI scores correlate with patients' survival, tumor mutation burden, neoantigens, and sensitivity to specific drugs. Based on these ICI scores, we were able to predict the prognosis of patients and their response to immunotherapy. Together, these findings provide a realistic scenario to stratify breast cancer patients for precision medicine.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [81772827]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Hosp, Tongji Med Coll, Dept Oncol, Wuhan 430030, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[3]Univ Southampton, Fac Environm & Life Sci, Biol Sci, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hampshire, England[4]Univ Southampton, Inst Life Sci, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hampshire, England
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zheng Kun,Luo Zhiyong,Zhou Yilu,et al.A Framework to Predict the Molecular Classification and Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients and Characterize the Landscape of Immune Cell Infiltration[J].COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE.2022,2022:doi:10.1155/2022/4635806.
APA:
Zheng, Kun,Luo, Zhiyong,Zhou, Yilu,Zhang, Lili,Wang, Yali...&Xiong, Hua.(2022).A Framework to Predict the Molecular Classification and Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients and Characterize the Landscape of Immune Cell Infiltration.COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE,2022,
MLA:
Zheng, Kun,et al."A Framework to Predict the Molecular Classification and Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients and Characterize the Landscape of Immune Cell Infiltration".COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2022.(2022)